From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 7 12:16:46 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5769916A4CF for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:16:46 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yggdrasil.interstroom.nl (yggdrasil.interstroom.nl [80.85.129.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12D6943D5A for ; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 12:16:46 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from o.greve@axis.nl) Received: from ip127-180.introweb.nl ([80.65.127.180] helo=[192.168.1.30]) by yggdrasil with asmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cmt2m-0000Lv-00 for ; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:16:40 +0100 Message-ID: <41DE7DA3.8060206@axis.nl> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 13:16:35 +0100 From: Olaf Greve User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.9 (Windows/20041103) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <41B857A0.2070906@leg.ensieg.inpg.fr> In-Reply-To: <41B857A0.2070906@leg.ensieg.inpg.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MailScanner-Information: Interstroom virusscan, please e-mail helpdesk@interstroom.nl for more information X-MailScanner-SpamCheck: Subject: Sil 3114 RAID controller issues with FreeBSD 5.3 Release AMD-64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 12:16:46 -0000 Hi, A client of mine asked me to install their AMD-64 machine as a MySQL database server. Totally against my strong suggestion to use a proper SCSI hardware RAID 10 solution (or at least a hardware SATA RAID solution), they insist on using the internal Sil 3114 software RAID controller in RAID 1 mode. Now, this 'cost reduction' from them backfires, as FreeBSD 5.3 Release AMD-64 does not properly recognise this controller. First, it locks up when booting with ACPI enabled (easily fixable by either disabling ACPI in the BIOS, or by booting without ACPI), then the bootstrap loader first seemingly does recognise the RAID 1 array (at least it states something to the effect of "Drive C from BIOS...", but when the installation CD-ROM has booted, lo and behold! It does not see both drives as an array, but as separate drives! I looked around a bit on the Internet, and seemingly this issue started to occur around mid june last year with FreeBSD 5.3 versions for these type of Silicon RAID controllers. Now, of course I am still trying to get my client to do it properly and forget this el-cheapo RAID solution and simply buy a hardware RAID controller, but if I can't succeed in convincing them, I'd really like to enable the RAID array of this controller after all. Does anyone know how this can be achieved? Is it possible to patch the device driver once FreeBSD is installed, and somehow get FreeBSD to build the RAID array? Thanks in advance, and cheers! Olafo